Steevo wrote:

Sounds like controlling steevo.Dodgy post to who? Whos subjective ego is going to determine which one is dodgy?

nirvana wrote:
I'm talking of the posts that YOU consider dodgy (not me or anyone else) Therefore YOUR "subjective ego" will decide.

Am I being controlling ? Hmmm I dont know I dont think so. In everyday life we ALL use self control in order to not let our emotions get the better of us, cos if we didnt, then there would be eternal arguments and fights breaking out all over the place.

Maybe it's a type of manipulation (this thread) ? Let's face it, just about everything we write on here has manipulative effects. Everyone every day manipulates the situation in order to gain SOMETHING or to change someones mind. So this thread is no diffferent and neither is YOUR post

I'm just making a suggestion. And to clarify what I'm saying I would say this : Do NOT take part in this experiment if you dont want to Hows about that for yer Nirvana ?

Steevo wrote:

Did your subjective ego find my post dodgy

nirvana wrote:
Actually you DO have a good point there, Yes it IS about control.....SELF control

Not read any of the replies, simply wanted to give my tuppence worth....

say yer piece and fuck it...

if peeps get upset by it...guess what... it's a negative reflection, simply a mirror

if peeps get ecstatic by it...guess what...it's a positive reflection, simply a mirror

bang, bang, it's fucking yin and yang

:-)

In response to LoneMyst

Yes you can do that, say whatever you wish and it's a reflection etc But you can also choose to not be wound up, and baited into replying. Freedom to speak and freedom not to speak. The beauty of it is, is that YOU decide (not me or anyone else) when to speak and when not to. You may say that we ALREADY do that, which we DO......, but we all surely must admit that we DO sometimes get into stupid egotisical, emotion driven arguments that are detrimental to the forum (eg the DIF).

If we each had the capabilty of moderating oneself, then only rarely would an appointed moderator be required to do it for us. Things could then be discussed and maybe lead to positive conclusions.

Maybe if we each had an innate capability to govern oneself, then we wouldnt really need to have an appointed government.

Anyway, this is just an experiment that NONE of you are forced to take part in. It's just a suggestion. I'm gonna try to practice what I'm preaching here, and see how it goes. I'm already getting better at it. It can sometimes become a habit for me to post replies cos I get slightly annoyed by what I consider to be a dodgy thread post, and before I know it, it's took over my day, and got me nowhere, and the forum gets a bad vibe.
I was terrible in the first couple of years on the DIF, but I think that I have improved slightly

Freeing your mental energy from perpetually reacting to confirmatory or contradictory sound bites allows you to communicate holistically and constructively.

Please excuse my platitudes.

Guevarista wrote:
lol

Yeah that sorta makes sense. Your platitudes are welcome here,....but whether I choose to reply to them is another matter (Just kidding gue )

Steevo wrote:

Nirvana did you post that video IN PARTICULAR to highlight the addiction to emotional rushes ?

Steevo wrote:
Excuse me....

*phaaarp*

Thanks for listening

:-)

Steevo wrote:

Yes shows how we can become slaves of our own minds

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